Robert Maynard Jr.
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| Born | 1962 (age 63–64) Phoenix, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Northern Arizona University (B.A.,1987) |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Known for | Co-Founder of LifeLock, Founder of Internet America & SurchX |
Robert Maynard (born 1962) is an American businessman. He has co-founded LifeLock, Internet America, Dotsafe, Kandoo, and SurchX. Both Internet America and LifeLock went public and SurchX was sold to the financial technology company Interpayments in 2020.[1]
Early life
[edit | edit source]Maynard was born in 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1981, where he served until 1985. He then took a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve and served as an officer in the Army's 12th Special Forces Group for nine years.[citation needed][2]
From 1985 to 1987, he attended the Northern Arizona University, where he graduated with honors, received the Wall Street Journal Award, and was named a Distinguished Military Scholar. He was also inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society and nominated for the Truman Scholarship for excellence in leadership and academics.[citation needed]
Career
[edit | edit source]In the late 1990s, Maynard co-founded the ISP Internet America, which, within four years, grew to over 145,000 subscribers.[citation needed][3] Though it began in Maynard's home, the company went public in 1998.
After departing from Internet America, Maynard founded Dotsafe, a provider of internet filtering for educational sites.[4] In 2005, he co-founded LifeLock[5][6] with Todd Davis, which provides identity theft protection software. He resigned in June 2007 following a controversial story published in Phoenix New Times about his past. The story involved bankruptcy, an FTC investigation, and identity theft.[7][8][9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In the late 1990s, while he was the Chief Executive Officer of Dotsafe, Maynard began suffering from an undiagnosed illness affecting various aspects of his life and work. After Dotsafe folded during the 'dotcom bust' in 2001, he sought medical advice and was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[10][11] In an interview with Adam Mendler of Thrive Global, Maynard recalled his experience with depression and the electroshock therapy used to treat him.[12] "I was originally diagnosed with Major Depression, which is why I underwent ECT. It was the side effects of the electroshock treatment – mainly the mania – that led doctors to my Bipolar diagnosis. I was 40 years old."
Maynard still actively speaks and writes about Bipolar disorder.[11][13]
See also
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